One or two rings puck for CDS1?

Posted by: graphoman on 19 January 2004

I got two pucks with my rather old S/H CDS1, both with one-ring puck. Since I’ve been using them alternatively (one more useful advice learned here, in the Forum!) there are considerably less tracing errors. Now I want to buy some more pucks. I asked Richard and he told me

“the one-ring puck does sound better but the two-ring puck offers better security for older mechs”

now I’m puzzled. May I get some definitive advice from CDS1 owners, I wonder. I’d take it as a subsequent Xmas present (-:

graphoman

Posted on: 19 January 2004 by John

I used to have a CDS1. The performance of the CDS1 drops the tighter the CD is coupled to the nexil ring. The warmer description is actually a more blurred presentation. I think the vibration from the motor effects the reading of the CD. The 2 ring puck couples the CD tighter to the nexil ring and intended for those disks that slip with the single ring puck. My CDS1 always performed best just before the single ring puck and nexil ring needed cleaning.

Hope this helps.

Posted on: 19 January 2004 by dave simpson

The 1 ring puck sounds best...by far. The 2 ring puck makes the CDS1 sound more mechanical (like lesser machines).

regards,

dave

Posted on: 19 January 2004 by Phil Barry

I agree with John. I have one disc that doesn't get read with the 1-ring puck. I use the 2 ring if I must have that CD. But it's a Don Giovanni Highlight CD, so I usually listen to Klemperer on LP when I want a dose of DG. The whole damn thing is a highlight anyway.

Phil

Posted on: 19 January 2004 by graphoman

I think I get the picture.I listen mostly to CDs from the start to the end, so tracing errors are seldom. They only occur if I want to play tracks from the end (near the CDs perphery!) e.g. if I’d like to demonstrate something to a visitor or picking some single jazz/pop numbers.

Maybe it’s useful to have a single two-rubber puck while sticking to the one-rubber ones.

graphoman